sacred is to prepare and equip those women and men we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they return home. and when they don t. it s ab obligation that unites americans. it brings us together to make sure the women and men who are willing to lay down their lives for us get the very best from us in return. i want to acknowledge we re making progress in key years like bipartisan legislation that s advancing in congress that would deliver health care services and benefits to rans and the survivors impacted by toxic exposures. we don t know how many died because of what they were exposed to on the battlefield. burn pits that incinerated the waste of war and hazardous material, jet fuel and so much more. we have a duty to do right by them. and i m determined to make sure that our brave service families and members that served aside them do not wait decades with the care and benefits that they deserve. that s why we re working so hard to find out the fac
preserve her freedom, her opportunity, and her way of life for themselves, for their fellow americans, andlo for their generations who will follow. that was really, very hard to top that. that is really beautifully said. i think one of the great things about america is somebody who was raised in riverside, california, who worked as a blakeman on the southern pacific railroad with no discernible talent could rise and become one of top radio people in america. not a bad observation. what do you think? it is true,e, alan. he is right. yeah. in all seriousness, coming from nothing and making something of yourself and believing in yourself. absolutely. in this country you can truly belief yourself and fulfill your dreams. the problem is, i m a genius. i really have a leg up on the rest of you. america means you re free. melting pot and i was given the privilege to wear the
allowed me to call it my home. that is what america is all about. when you talk about coming from a blue-collar background, my parents, they both worked. we din have a lot of money. but i ended up getting a college education and having great opportunities. all i had to do was work hard, put my nose, you know on the grind stone and my shoulder to the wheel and things, things would work out. that s the america that i know. that s the country i want my grandkids to be part of and inherit and grow with it so they can do a and be what they want o be and go where they want to go because in this country they have got the freedom to do it. the god-given freedom and opportunity to do just that. i think most americans believe they get a fair shake here and if they work really hard they can be anything they want.he my grandfather came from
trillion from our children and grandchildren every two years instead of every one year. over the last 12 years the number of americans on food stamps has quadrupled. it requires a radical redefinition of the word austerity to say that what our country is going through right now is austerity. we should be cutting spending. we should be looking at ways to responsibly put forth an agenda that unites americans and allows them to grab on to the ladder o cut spending. the president is not interested in it. what about the argument, and you heard it from jay carney saying this is part of the give of the give and take. yes, he was willing to go up against his base, which was very unhappy with the idea of reducing increases in social security, reducing the increase in them, they would still go up, but it was part of a grand bargain in which republicans would ante up with tax increases. he s saying why should i give what i put on the table if the republicans take their chips
trillion from our children and grandchildren every two years instead of every one year. over the last 12 years the number of americans on food stamps has quadrupled. it requires a radical redefinition of the word austerity to say that what our country is going through right now is austerity. we should be cutting spending. we should be looking at ways to responsibly put forth an agenda that unites americans and allows them to grab on to the ladder o cut spending. the pres the president is not interesting. what about the argument, andt you hear.d it from jay carney when he said it was part of the give of the good and take. he was willing to go up againstg his base, which was unhappy about reducing the cost of living unincreases in social security, reducing the increase in them.cr they were still going to go up, but it was part of a grand bargain in which republicans would ante up with tax in increases, and you can argue whether they re right or wrong, but he s saying why should i in